Westwood may seem safe on the surface, but, as any student could tell you, it’s an academic wild west. Like a stray bullet in the midst of a bar fight, this student was hit by a painful surprise this quarter: an $80 charge for a course reader. Read more...

Photo: Course Reader Material is one of the locations students can buy course readers their professors require for class. But despite providing students their required reading, this doesn’t justify their high costs caused by licensing issues. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)

Affirmative action’s days may be numbered due to an academic’s (pur)suit for the numbers. When UCLA School of Law professor Richard Sander filed his lawsuit against University of California two weeks ago, it was not to ban affirmative action. Read more...

This winter, prospective college students will spend their hard-earned break agonizing over the Common Application, digesting turkey while continuously modifying essays and questioning every step of the process that will determine their admissions future. Read more...

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Getting a rug pulled from under you is pretty dangerous. It makes one wonder, though, why UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, which oversees and provides medical care to UCLA’s students, continues to pull the rug from underneath its students. Read more...

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